Photo: Sixflashphoto · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in New Albany earn more than in almost any other U.S. town
Poverty touches 1.4% of residents, where Ohio as a whole has 13.3%. Measured by household income, New Albany is among the highest-earning towns in the country. For jobs and income New Albany is among the top U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (B).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: New Albany in brief
New Albany fills up on a workday
New Albany has 22,945 jobs, 4.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 30,000 people are in town, more than double the 12,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
New Albany has added jobs fast
Jobs based in New Albany went from 11,821 in 2014 to 22,945 in 2024, +94%. The jobs ↓
New Albany and Columbus trade workers both ways
Columbus is the top workplace for New Albany residents (46%) and also where the most people who work in New Albany come from (34% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in New Albany
25% of New Albany workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in New Albany
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, New Albany is among the top U.S. towns, #1 of 992 in Ohio. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides New Albany’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, New Albany stays A+.
Who commutes out of New Albany, and who commutes in
On a workday 4,426 residents head out to work, 512 work right here, and 22,433 people come in from elsewhere.
About 30,000 people are in New Albany on a workday afternoon, 153% more than live here.
4.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
67% of the jobs in New Albany pay over $3,333 a month
22,945 jobs are based in New Albany.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Albany, 2014 → 2024: 11,821 → 22,945. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Albany’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where New Albany’s workforce comes from
Where New Albany clocks in
46% of workers
4% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Time on the road from New Albany: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Albany workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,958 commuters (the 25% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from New Albany to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in New Albany is mostly behind the wheel
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,249 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.7% of New Albany households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of New Albany’s commuters take a bus or train.
New Albany next to U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000: 4th of 2,695 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 5 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 6 | Difficult Run VA | 9,938 | $250K | 1.4% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 11 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
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| 20 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
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| 44 | Sugarcreek Township OH | 9,912 | $186K | 3.7% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 19% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of New Albany, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
New Albany and its neighbors: 46% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Albany workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Albany | – | A+ | B | 22 min | $238,250 |
| Plain Township | under 1% | A+ | B | 22 min | $219,181 |
| Columbus | 46% | B− | A | 22 min | $66,082 |
| Jersey | under 1% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jersey: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Columbus. Darker towns draw more of New Albany’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in New Albany: questions
What is the median household income in New Albany?
$238,250 (±$25,457) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Albany?
1.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Albany?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Albany work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (46%, 13 mi), Westerville (4%, 8 mi), Dublin (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is New Albany walkable?
New Albany is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Albany without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Albany, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Albany
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.